AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Barn swallow reports at KABE
The FAA database contains 80 filed reports pairing Lehigh Valley Intl (KABE) with Barn swallow; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 1.2%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports801990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion11.2% of reports
Latest report2025-08-07in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Barn swallow reports at KABE: 80 paired reports in the FAA file
Barn swallow reports at KABE contains 80 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Barn swallow parent contains 11,231 reports.
WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE
FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.